Ubisoft have shared a “gameplay trailer” for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, that shows off in-engine footage from the upcoming game, but no actual gameplay. Instead you get a monologue from protagonist Edward Kenway. Watch it below:

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be released for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4 and other next-gen systems this Fall, with current-gen consoles getting the game first. North America will see the game on October 29th and Europe on November 1st.

The hood is silly. How do all of these unrelated Assassin’s Creed protagonists have the same outfit?

Playing unconnected Assassins in various time frames can’t be too troubling of a disconnect either. It would still be interesting without tying the games together. The “Assassin’s Outfit” and Desmond just don’t seem necessary.

SirRichard

Except they’re all related, that’s one of the elements of the story. And it isn’t the same outfit, it’s the same style of outfit with similar design elements, but with noticeable differences. Edward here does not have Connor’s suit, just as Connor didn’t have Ezio’s and Ezio didn’t have Altair’s.

They keep the robes because it’s one of the series’ hallmarks now, and as for Desmond, it’s been confirmed that he’s been dropped for IV. It’d be hard to justify his presence after III’s ending, at any rate.

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also the outfits look similar because it suppose to be the style of the outfit assassins wear in the world of AC

Corey Schulz

I do agree that the series could do without the Desmond part… I find that a take-away and annoyance from the story. I think that the entire game for IV should take place in Edward’s life.

Shariest

It has been said god know how long ago that Desmond is history for AC’s…
He died.